Open Source for the Enterprise

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Apache has captured 62% of the market share for Web servers per Netcraft. Linux has captured 24% of the server market. GCC has been ported to virtually every operating system in existence. So when are you going to write your first program on an Open Source platform?

If you already know how to write enterprise class software for proprietary operating systems like Windows or Solaris, it’s easy to make the jump to Open Source platforms. And everything you need is free–including this very valuable article :-).

Having been primarily a Windows developer for most of my career, my most recent project required software that could run comfortably on Windows as well as Linux, BSD, and AIX. Our software uses a Web interface, running as a daemon on Unix and a service on Windows 2000. Read on to see how we manage this process and how you can take your next project to the world of Open Source.

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